That was when ATS still dabbled in/entertained conspiracy theories. The new ATS (post 2012) now debunks everything without question or debate, and
follows the mainstream agenda of the day without question or debate. Just my .02.

I've seen that and wondered the same thing. Oh I just googled and there was a rare 5.3 earthquake in Virginia which probably spawned a ton of new
Madrid threads. I live within 60 miles of the epicenter of that quake and remember it quite clearly.

originally posted by: SpaDe_
That was when ATS still dabbled in/entertained conspiracy theories. The new ATS (post 2012) now debunks everything without question or debate, and
follows the mainstream agenda of the day without question or debate. Just my .02.

There's lots of questions and debates that I see, perhaps you are thinking of another ATS?

a reply to: SkepticOverlord
I think you nailed it there. I believe it was the Creepy Website Mystery. I can say that, after lurking for years, that thread caused me to join.
...and there sure were alot of new members on that thread.

Sure there are still some questions and debates, but nothing like what once was. If a conspiracy topic is posted that isn't backed up by some
mainstream source, it is immediately dismissed out of hand/"debunked". Most of the people that were willing to entertain the what if's and
maybe's, have been replaced by the hardcore skeptics and debunkers.

If anyone can remember what sparked this mass event I would love to know?

What did I miss?

Well the Virginia 'quake occurred on August 23 at 1:51:04 local time which near equates to the near eight-o-clock in the UK.
Say a five hour difference between the GMT time and Virginia local time, plus another period for US posters to gather thoughts, plus the UK users
likely being busy online anyway at that time, kind of fits well enough. The second time-line could well be in part a result of the first time-line
from the late nighters on the US side, It's possible.

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